Horseshoe



0 DANlELSON.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICAIWN QLED AUG.27, 1920.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

2 SHEETS-8HET 2.

W A Jaz CARL DANIELSON, or CHICAGO, L INOIS;

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented AP 18 .1922

Application filed August 27, 1920. Serial No. 406,399.

This invention relates to improvements inv horseshoes, and its object is to provide a horseshoe provided with removable heel and toe calks which when worn can be replaced thus saving the shoe frame and prolonging its life indefinitely. A further object is to provide a horseshoe having a rubberheel calk that is vulcanized to a removableplate which plate is removably carried by the shoe frame, the combination providing a shoe that will serve as a shock absorber for the animalwearing 1t and that W11]. prevent slipping on icy pavements, that will prove a good shoe for muddy roads or' "for hard pavements, and a shoe that is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and efficient and durable in use. a With the foregoing and other objectsi'n View the inventionconsists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be herein after fully described, pointed out in the ap-' pended claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which I f' V Figure 1 is an invertedplan view of my improved horseshoe,

Fig. 2 is a view of the same in side eleva tion, V V

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the heel calk removed from the shoe frame,

Fig. .1: is an edge view of Fig. 3, and i Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 1.

Like reference characters denote corre-- sponding parts throughout the several views. My shoe comprises the frame 1 the toe of which is formed with the transverse groove 2 which is partly closed by the oppositely disposed spaced lips 3 adapted to ride in the grooves formed in the reduced portion 1 of the toe call: 5, the base of said toe call: rid ing in the groove 2. The toecalk is formed with a threaded groove to receive the end of the headless screw 6 that extends into a' threaded bore -7 in the toe of theframe which 1 being formed 7 forated heel bore opens intothe said groove 2, said screw 6'serving to releasably retain the toe calk in 3 position so that the same may be removed and replaced by a new one when worn out orbroken.

' The rear ends of the frame are recessed to form the reduced portion 8, which portionis formed with a perforation 9 into which a per oration 10 opens which is disposed at,

right angles to the perforation 9. A'rubb'er heel pad 11 is recessed along its ends 12 and 1s vulcanized to a metal plate 13, said plate with perforations 14 in its ends, the body portionof said plate extend 111g through and being imbedded in the thickened body portion of the pad 11, the

ends of saidplate 13' being adapted fordisposal. upon the reduced portions 8 of the frame 1, said plate being formed upon its ends with the'lugs 15 which are disposed in" tions 9 being threaded to. receive the I screws the frame perforations 9, the'lug perforations 10.". The-;tread surface 17 ofthe heel calk bridges the'rearend-Iof the frame land affords a superiorheel pad for the animal.

lVhen moved by removing the screws 16 and then forcing it, together with the plate 13, out of thereto and the same secured to'the original frame 1. What is claimed is I r In ahorseshoe, a frame, recessed and persaid heels,'retaining screws connecting said frame and lugs, and a rubber pad carried by 16 that extend through the frame perfora L the rubber pad is worn it. is reportions in said frame, 'a plate removably dlsposed inthe said recessed heel said plate, said pad bridging the spaced ends 7 of'the heels of the frame, 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the-presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

CARL niiNinLsov. YVitnesses:

CLARENCE 0.;Rosnn,

7 .IQABL J. LINDHoL'M. 

